Grease Pencil Menu

Transform

Strokes can be edited by transforming the locations of points.

Move, Rotate & Scale

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Tool:

Toolbar ‣ Move, Rotate, Scale

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Transform ‣ Move, Rotate, Scale

Shortcut:

G, R, S

Like other elements in Blender, points and strokes can be moved G, rotated R or scaled S as described in the Basic Transformations section. When in Edit Mode, Proportional Editing is also available for the transformation actions.

Transform Snapping

Basic move, rotate and scale transformations for selected points/strokes. See Move, Rotate, Scale Basics for more information.

Tools

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Transform

Tool:

Toolbar ‣ Bend/Shear

The Bend, Shear, To Sphere, Extrude and Shrink Fatten transform tools are described in the Editing tools section.

Mirror

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Mirror

Shortcut:

Ctrl-M

The Mirror tool is also available, behaving exactly the same as with mesh vertices.

Snap

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Snap

Shortcut:

Shift-S

Mesh snapping also works with Grease Pencil components.

Active Layer

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Mode:

Edit Mode, Draw Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Active Layer

Shortcut:

Y

Select the active layer.

Animation

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Animation

Shortcut:

I

The stroke animation operations are described in the Animation section.

Interpolate Sequence

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Interpolate Sequence

See Interpolate Sequence.

Duplicate

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Duplicate

Shortcut:

Shift-D

Duplicates the selected elements, without creating any connections with the rest of the strokes (unlike Extrude, for example), and places the duplicate at the location of the original elements.

Split

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Split

Shortcut:

V

The Split operator separates the selected portion of a curve from the rest, creating a new, independent curve segment. This curve can then be moved or altered without affecting the other curve.

• If a segment of the curve is selected, it will be split off as a new curve that can be moved or edited independently.

• If only a single control point is selected, it will be duplicated as a loose control point, while the original remains attached to the rest of the curve.

Copy

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Copy

Shortcut:

Ctrl-C

Copy the selected points/strokes to the clipboard.

Paste

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Paste

Shortcut:

Ctrl-V

Paste Grease Pencil points or strokes from the internal clipboard to the active layer.

Paste on Back Shift-Ctrl-V

Add pasted strokes behind all strokes.

Keep World Transform

Keep the world transform of strokes from the clipboard unchanged.

Show/Hide

Contains operators to adjust the visibility of points and strokes in the viewport.

Show All Layers

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Show/Hide ‣ Show All Layers

Shortcut:

Alt-H

Shows all Grease Pencil layers.

Hide Active Layer

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Show/Hide ‣ Hide Active Layer

Shortcut:

H

Hides the active Grease Pencil layers.

Hide Inactive Layers

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Show/Hide ‣ Hide Active Layer

Shortcut:

Shift-H

Hides the all Grease Pencil layers except the active layer.

Separate

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Separate

Shortcut:

P

Separate different elements into new Grease Pencil objects based on specific criteria.

Selection

Separates the selected points or strokes into a new object.

By Material

Separates the geometry by creating a new object for each material.

By Layer

Separates the geometry by creating a new object for each layer. See 2D Layers for more information.

Clean Up

These tools help to cleanup degenerate geometry on the strokes.

Clean Loose Points

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Clean Up ‣ Delete Loose Points

Removes strokes with only a few points.

Limit

The number of points to consider a stroke as loose.

Delete Duplicate Frames

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Clean Up ‣ Delete Duplicate Frames

Removes any duplicate keyframes.

Merge by Distance

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Clean Up ‣ Merge by Distance

Simplifies a stroke by merging the selected points that are closer than a specified distance to each other. Note, unless using Unselected, selected points must be contiguous, else they will not be merged.

Merge Distance

Sets the distance threshold for merging points.

Unselected

Allows points in selection to be merged with unselected points. When disabled, selected points will only be merged with other selected ones.

Reproject Strokes

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Clean Up ‣ Reproject

Sometimes you may have drawn strokes unintentionally in different locations in the 3D space but they look right from a certain plane or from the camera view. You can use Reproject to flatten all the selected strokes from a certain viewpoint.

Reprojected Type

Front:

Reproject selected strokes onto the front plane (XZ).

Side:

Reproject selected strokes onto the side plane (YZ).

Top:

Reproject selected strokes onto the top plane (XY).

View:

Reproject selected strokes onto the current view.

Surface:

Reproject selected strokes onto the mesh surfaces.

Surface Offset

When Surface Mode is activated controls the stroke offset from the object.

Cursor:

Reproject selected strokes onto 3D cursor rotation.

Keep Original

Maintains the original strokes after applying the tool.

Original drawing from the front view.

Original drawing in the 3D Viewport.

Strokes reprojected onto the front plane to fix strokes misalignment.

Drawing after reprojection operation from the front view.

Outline

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Outline

The Outline operator converts selected Grease Pencil strokes into closed perimeter shapes. It creates new strokes around the outer boundary of the original stroke, effectively generating a filled outline with adjustable thickness.

View

Defines the projection method used to generate the outline:

View:

Use the current viewport perspective as the projection plane.

Front:

Use the X-Z axes as the projection plane (front view).

Side:

Use the Y-Z axes as the projection plane (side view).

Top:

Use the X-Y axes as the projection plane (top view).

Camera:

Use the active camera’s perspective as the projection plane.

Radius

Sets the thickness of the outline on both sides of the original stroke. Higher values result in a wider perimeter.

Offset Factor

Scales the stroke outline inward or outward. - Positive values push the perimeter outward. - Negative values pull it inward. - A value of 0 centers the perimeter on the original stroke.

Corner Subdivisions

Number of subdivisions used to smooth corners at stroke endpoints and joints. Higher values result in smoother corners but increase stroke complexity.

Original stroke.

Stroke after applying the Outline operator.

Delete

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Delete

Shortcut:

X, Delete

Opens a pop-up menu with operators to remove geometry from the Grease Pencil object.

Frames

Deletes all the strokes at the current frame and in the current layer/channel.

Delete

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Delete ‣ Delete

Deletes the selected points. When only one point remains, there is no more visible stroke, and when all points are deleted, the stroke itself is deleted.

Dissolve

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Delete ‣ Dissolve

Shortcut:

Ctrl-X

Dissolving removes points between other points and connect the remaining points.

Ctrl-X Opens a pop-up to choose the dissolve type.

Dissolve

Deletes the selected points without splitting the stroke. The remaining points in the strokes stay connected.

Dissolve Between

Deletes all the points between the selected points without splitting the stroke. The remaining points in the strokes stay connected.

Dissolve Unselect

Deletes all the points that are not selected in the stroke without splitting the stroke. The remaining points in the strokes stay connected.

Delete Active Keyframe (Active Layer)

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Delete ‣ Delete Active Keyframe (Active Layer)

Deletes all the strokes at the current frame in the active layer.

Delete Active Keyframes (All Layers)

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Grease Pencil ‣ Delete ‣ Delete Active Keyframes (All Layers)

Shortcut:

Shift-Delete

Deletes all the strokes at the current frame in all layer.